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Honest Tea Review and #Giveaway

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women with a bottle of honest teaSeveral weeks ago when I went camping with my church 16 family 61 kids.    Honest tea was nice enough to provide me 4 cases of there product to share with my friends.    The result of my friends tasting Honest?  They loved it!  It was very hot when were camping,  the great thing about the Honest Tea was it was not too sweet.  The teas were so refreshing and we were able to drink them the entire time.  I love the fact that the teas were not going to sabotage my weight loss efforts.

Honey Green Tea This tea was amazing I love it will only 70 calories per bottle it was just what I was looking for in tea.

Half and Half   Lemon aid and Tea 100 calories per bottle it is light and refreshing.  I have to say it was the 1st to go during out camping trip.

Mango Orange  Caffeine free and perfect for the morning  Also 100 calories per bottle, we had a hard time keeping the kids out of this drink.

Super Fruit Punch   Caffeine free.  Also 100 calories per bottle  My son really enjoyed the tea after his swim.boy drinking honest fruit drink
A little history of Honest Tea:

Honest tea is a company that was found by  2 college friends Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff  who took there idea great tea in small batches and brought it to the masses.  The 1st sold there tea to Whole Food, then expanded to other sellers.   The philosophy is Real Tea, Real taste and Honest.

Companies interest in creating not only a better tea but a better world.

  • In 2011, we converted all of our green, black, oolong, and white teas over to Fair Trade Certified™ which ensures that workers on tea gardens receive a fair share of profits, and that the tea gardens comply with specific workplace criteria for equality and fairness.
  • Honest Tea has had a relationship with Green America  who’s mission to harness economic power to create an environmentally and socially sustainable society.  Since 2005, Honest Tea has supported their annual Green Festivals across the U.S. through financial and in-kind donations.
  • When Honest Kids launched in 2007, they were faced with a packaging dilemma – widely recyclable aseptic drink pouches did not exist and still do not. Honest partnered with TerraCycle to launch the Honest Kids Drink Pouch Brigade as a way to divert drink pouches from landfills. For each pouch collected, schools receive $0.02 and the pouches are upcycled into bags and school supplies.women holding honest tea

Honest Tea Giveaway !

So Honest Tea has offer to Sample Bag of Honest Tea to one of my readers. So you can try the Honest goodness.  Please leave a blog comment below about which Honest Tea you would like to try? then fill out the rafflecopter form saying you did so.
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Disclosure: I received samples of this product from Honest Tea but the opinions of this product are true and honest.  I really love the tea.

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2 Awesome Healthy Dips

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black bean and limeWith Memorial day coming here are 2 Crowd pleasing healthy dips; Black Bean and Hummus.   Why buy these dips when they are so easy to make and low calorie.  Serve with vegies or thin rice chips, they are healthy and a special dip treat.  Since I have been watching what I eat I have been coming up with new creative ways to enjoy food.  These dips are sure to win over a crowd and keep you weight in check.

Note: I have been keeping 2 things in my fridge to be sure to add them when need to any meal.  Roasted Poblano Peppers and roasted garlic.

BLACK BEAN DIP

  • Black beans 1 can
  • Poblano 1 roasted
  • 2-3 tsb of hot sauce
  • juice of one lime
  • 1 shallot chopped med size pieces
  1. Open , drain and rinse beans in a strainer..drain water off
  2. place in a food processor (I use a small one)
  3. cut roasted poblano pepper**  smaller pieces to fit in processor
  4. add chopped shallot , hot sauce, lime
  5. blend, chill and serve

** How to Roast a  Poblano  peppers (on the grill) then putting in a bowl , cover with saran wrap and and sweating the skin off. Take skin off and store- Poblanos are mild yet mild heat they add flavor, try them on a sandwich

Roasted Garlic Hummus

  • 1 can of chick pea
  • 3 tbs of olive oil
  • 1-2 cloves of roasted garlic
  • salt pepper
  1. Open , drain and rinse beans in a strainer..drain water off
  2. place in a food processor (I use a small one)  start to blend the chick peas and add oil as needed to make smooth
  3. cut roasted garlic peeled and add to taste it is milder than fresh
  4. blend, chill and serve

How to roast Garlic: Cut the tops off an entire clove pour olive oil  rapping in tin foil and place in oven for about an hour- roasted garlic is much milder and smoother. Do several at a time keep in fridge to add to anything.

Easy and healthy enjoy!